PAGDIRIWANG at Esplanade Concert Hall

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Jonathan Velasco is a much sought after choral conductor, clinician and adjudicator. He studied at the University of the Philippines College of Music and at the Berliner Kirchenmusikschule in Germany. He was a member and assistant conductor of the World Youth Choir, and for the 1996 summer session became its first Asian conductor.
Velasco regularly holds choral clinics and workshops in the Philippines and all over the world. Together with his choirs, he has won first prizes in choral competitions in Maribor (Slovenia), Cork (Ireland), Marktoberdorf (Germany), and Tolosa (Spain). He has also been a member of the jury in prestigious choral competitions in Europe and Asia. He currently conducts the Ateneo Chamber Singers.Velasco is an adviser to the board of the International Federation for Choral Music, and the Philippine representative to the World Choir Council. In January 2008, he was elected the first President of the newly formed Philippine Choral Directors Association.